Botanical Recording around Matfield, Kent - 01/04/18
Spring was well under way at this time, with the Beast from the East fading into recent memory. I did a circular walk around Matfield in Kent and here's what I photographed on the trip. The first of the Wood Anemones were coming into flower and at the time of writing (22/04/18) they now carpet many woodland floors. Anemone nemorosa I always seem to miss them when the leaves appear, then suddenly there's loads of flowers everywhere. They must grow form nothing to full flower very quickly. In a wood that backed onto gardens I found a relative of the Wood Anemone naturalised along the path. There are two species of garden anemone that are frequently found in the wild and they look almost identical apart from one having hairy underside to the petals (anemone apennina) and this glabrous form. Anemone blanda This Thale Cress is not the most attractive crucifer around and it mostly goes unnoticed. however, it was the first plant that had its entire gen